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Comments by orbitalcombustion
orbitalcombustion commented on the word synaesthesia
Yeah for instance I see blue when I hear middle C and other colors for pitch. Pitch and color are related in the way the brain interprets them as signals. Sometimes my synesthesia will even overlap on my visual plane and not just be restricted to the minds eye. Today in my Latin course we were learning about a new declension and a green polygon and a red circle kept surfacing in front of me.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word twacked
The result of tweaking.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word synaesthesia
Like Mr. S, Nabokov, Daniel Tammet, or Franz Liszt, I see colors when listening to music, forming ideas, or playing with numbers.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word dimethyltryptamine
Yes your suprachiasmatic nerve releases melatonin before sleep after the VPN initializes the induction of sleep. You trip every night (several times really, whenever you enter REM sleep) in the form of dreams but you rarely will remember them all.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word zone
28.34 grams
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word cryptonomicron
A very large novel by Neal Stephenson.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word ataraxis
Complete acquiescence of mind and body.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word lucubration
Studying assiduously throughout the night. A nocturnal devotee to academia.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word phallogocentric
Jacques Derrida's perfect neologism for hegemonic masculinity in hermeneutics.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word phrontistery
A study place. Great website too - www.phrontistery.info - has some of the best and rare words posted there
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word nepenthe
From Odysseus, a substance or drug that relieves one of all worry and pain.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word nepenthe
From Odysseus, a substance or drug that relieves one of all worry and pain.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word apathetic
My political views: apathetic
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word nihilism
The legacy of Nietzsche
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word chalice
How about an ornamented Medieval chalice full of some French Sauvignon Blanc whilst seated amongst knights of the round table.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word umfundisi
'Wise man' or 'sage' in Zulu.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word pi
Beautiful number. Trying to memorize up to Feynman point.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word refractory
Making reference to the refractory period - when the body is unable to orgasm due to the short recover period necessary after a successful orgasm.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word microlensing
Gravitational microlensing: when a blackhole moves in front of a celestial body thus disturbing its apparent magnitude from our frame of reference (e.g. (exempli gratia) if a Terr rotating blackhole moved in front of Sirius we would be able to detect it because its magnitude and position would be altered by the flux in space-time created about the event horizon). Can be detected easiest with x-ray telescopes since singularities theoretically crush matter and convert the energy source into x-rays which radiate towards Earth.
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word perchance
"To sleep, perchance to dream."
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word quinquennial
From Latin 'quinque' meaning five, -nnial expressing years
October 6, 2007
orbitalcombustion commented on the word chagrin
Yes, "much to his/her" ;)
October 6, 2007